Tramontane Turns Up the Heat At the Nacra 17 Worlds, Italians On The Up
After a relatively benign, gentle introduction Tuesday to the Nacra 17 World Championships – the first ever in flying, foiling 2020 Olympic mode, La Grande Motte’s Baie d’Aigue Mortes in the South of France’s Camargue region, progressively turned up the heat today as the NW’ly Tramontane breeze kicked in for the afternoon. A solid 3,4,4, […]
Series of Votes Stabilizes Nacra 17
2 Class meetings were held with all members and entrants over the first two nights of the Nacra 17 World Championships, where Class members voted in a series of stabilizing measures. The open forum meeting agenda was cut short after the allotted time was spent debating a single but very important topic: the use of […]
Gimson and Burnett Lead GBR 1-2 After US Crew Penalised At Nacra 17 Worlds
American duo Riley Gibbs and Louisa Chafee lead the Nacra 17 World Championships after the first three qualifying races were contested in light, sub 10 kt breezes and pleasant sunshine off La Grande Motte’s Baie de Aigues Mortes. They were protested after racing for a measurement infringement and penalised, ceding the lead to Britain’s John […]
Brave New World
The Nacra 17 class steps into a brave new world Tuesday as the first world championship for the mixed sex Olympic catamaran in its new ‘flying’ foiling configuration starts on the Mediterranean’s Baie d’Aigues Mortes off La Grande Motte in the south of France. The European Championship for the class in Kiel, Germany in late […]
Update – Gennaker Upwind at Worlds – Proposed Vote by Entrants at the Open Forum
Overnight one of the Class Executives, after training, changed their view on the issue of using the gennaker upwind at the World Championship next week. They now believe that we should NOT allow the use of the gennaker upwind even this close to the start of the Championship. As a result there is now a […]
Get Well Soon Bora Gulari
An injury today while training to Nacra 17 sailor, Bora Gulari (USA) has resulted in serious damage to his hand. Our thoughts are with our good friend and we wish him well in his recovery. Here is the full statement from US Sailing.
Nacra 17 World Championships – Use of Gennakers Upwind
Ultimately the view of the Class Executive is that no decisions affecting racing in such a significant way should be made so close to the World Championship. The rules stand as they are and gennakers can be used upwind. After the light day at the Kiel Europeans where teams hoisted their kites upwind and were […]
New Bearings Available for Nacra 17 Sailors
As of this morning, all teams racing at the 2017 Worlds now have access to pick up their new bearings and renew sailing efforts in all conditions. Nacra Sailing and their suppliers had the machines running overtime all week and then took an overnight flight from the Netherlands to La Grande Motte. Enough parts for […]
Bearing Update after Nacra 17 Class Executive Call – Saturday August 19, 2017
The company making the new bearings for Nacra Sailing has been optimizing the production process to achieve the required production levels (In excess of 50 sets) prior to the Class World Championships. The process is necessarily different to the process used to manufacture the prototypes. Due to the high number of rounded corners on these […]
Bearing Update after Nacra 17 Executive Call on Wednesday August 16, 2017
Preparing the prototype and setting up the machining has taken a day longer than first expected. Three prototypes of the new lower bearing are scheduled to be picked up by Nacra Sailing from the supplier on Thursday afternoon. They will be brought immediately to the Nacra Sailing factory for testing. From the board swap already […]
